tv ABC7 News 1100AM ABC October 28, 2014 11:00am-11:31am PDT
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the san francisco giants taking their final practice in kansas city, before they fight to win one more game in the world series and bring home the trophy for the third time in five years. >> good morning, back at home the stage is set for a huge viewing party in san francisco. it will hopefully end in celebration. transportation agencies and businesses are also gearing up for tonight. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at the lazy with the latest.
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amy? >> would you believe it, the game doesn't start until 5:00 but people are already starting to gather here in the plaza. do not worry, there is plenty of room if you do want to come. they expect the plaza to be full. the best advise is to take public transportation if you can and business yourself. there is a lot even enthusiasm in the city. >> from boas to balloons, poles to people, orange and black is everywhere. >> walking past the middle school and i saw the kids in the orange and blacks. i was like "yes," it is great. exciting. everyone is pumped. >> officials love it, too. and are hoping for a victory. but they are also on high alert. public transportation officials and police will be out. watching. >> we will have a lot of extra people out there, our eyes and ears, through, once the game
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starts in key locations working with san francisco police department. >> 2012 celebration got out of hand and a bus was set on fire among other vandalism. officials say tenth -- tonight if the giants win the buses were be re-routed and the electricity could be turned off. >> we will turn off the power if people start to get rambunctious it minimizes the chances of certainly them getting hurt. >> with the giants on the road the place to be is the plaza where the game will play on a giant t screen. >> this woman got here 12 hours before the first pitch. >> our living room is not big enough on bring all of the fans, but the vibe and energy is much more alive and we want a front row. >> the fans say although this is a lot of fun they hope it comes
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to an end tonight and they think it will. a lot of confidence here that the giants win and bring an end to the world series. jake peavy will be starting for the giants tonight he lost game two to the royals last wednesday. the team has confidence in peavy >> you go the same as you always do, a sense of urgency, you know the royals will come out battling and get caught up in the moment. >> this has been a good experience, never -- we have been in the situation before. we have a lot of work to do. a great team. >> the last time the royals were down 3-2 in the series was 1985. and they won to claim the crown. >> wayne freed man is in kansas city this morning with a first-hand look of what it is like ahead of the game tonight.
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wayne, this is showing -- darn, we didn't get the page but he was showing the working conditions at 18 and vine, the cradle of jazz. >> we were talking about wayne's pictures and he has a lot. shear where you were talking about, cheryl, and many good ones. follow wayne and he is @waynefreidman and that is easy to remember. you can follow both of them. >> game six tonight is in kansas city, if necessary, though, game seven is tomorrow. first pitch is 5:07 our time. >> a new report shows stunning numbers about bicycle extents. cal has more deaths than any
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other states. in 2012 there were 712 bicycle deaths nationwide, 123 of those right here in california. according to the governor's highway safety association that is more than a fifth of all deaths in the united states. today, there was bicycle accident for a teen on the way to school. >> good morning, we have watched the number of flowers and candles behind me grow. all of this in an effort for people to pay respect to a teenage hilt and killed while righting his bicycle to school. officials are not releasing many details but that hasn't stopped people from grieving the loss. 15-year-old student struck and killed by a big rig yesterday in this section. the boy was riding west when police say a truck hit him, killing him at the scene, this
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morning, extra patrols from the santa clara sheriff were out keeping an eye were at flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. this woman who came by to leave flowers didn't know the victim but could empathize with those angry with the up necessary loss of a young life. >> this is a token of my, you know, i don't have words...i just felt if there was anything i could do. i know the flowers don't bring back anything but a token from my heart. >> the truck driver didn't know he hit the teen and is cooperating with the investigation. the accident has sparked outrage in the community. this online petition was started yesterday and it demandsen immediate motion of road usage for trucks and has gathered 200 signatures. now, we have places to call and the fremont union school district, the school district here, and we have asked them what their steps forward.
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be after processing what happened here on monday. they said they will be back in touch with abc7 later today. in cupertino for abc7 news. students at san jose state are mourning the loss of one of their peers, 22-year-old died after being hit by a suspected drink driver on sunday. students held a vigil last night in his memory. they are devastated bit popular engineering student. police arrested a 22-year-old who hit lam crossing in front of the fraternity house. they are starting a fund to cover expenses. >> a sheriff deputy was kill by a car during a traffic stop this morning after pulling over a driver at 1:00 o'clock a.m. on 101 when he was hit by another
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vehicle. he died at the seen. the car that hit him took off and crashed after a police chase of the 25-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. >> two women are in the hospital after a car accident at 9:30. witnesses say both cars appear to have been speeding when they collided at the intersection of front and battery streets. the fire truck arrived in ten minutes to assist. the man in the other car had a pace mayber and paramedics observed him for a while. he is expected to be okay. we turn now to ebola in america and the latest open kaci hickox in her home state of maine. the centers for disease control has issued new guidelines for treating workers. the new forced to stay in a tenth for three days outside a new jersey hospital now back in
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her home state, kaci hickox was treated like a criminal when she returned from treating ebola patients in sierra leone. her attorney told abc that she will spend her 21 day quarantine in maine considering her legal options. >> her civil right were violated. at a minimum she can bring an action for damages was nine states have instituted a quarantine above and beyond federal guidelines. the united states army is doing the same, placing a two star general and a dozen other soldiers returning from liberia in isolation for 21 days at their base in italy but they are showing no signs of ebola. all of this despite the centers for disease control revising their guidelines to eliminate the word "quarantine," for people coming into the united states from west africa. instead, calling for restricted travel in public activity for those at highest risk as well as active monitoring for symptoms. >> we are trying to set the bar based on scientific data. >> the second nurse infected while treating a victim in
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dallas will soon be headed home. amber vinson was discharged from emory university and given "all clear." this is a day for celebration and gratitude i ask we not lose focus on the thousands of families who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in west africa. >> other countries -- the country's only doctor with enboth parent is still in the hospital. >> today is the last day to request a vote by maim for november election. most elections can be made in writing, by fax, or online or visit your local registrar's office. make sure they receive it by 8:00 p.m., because just a postmark by that time is not good enough. >> tracking america's mail, a new report raising privacy concerns about the way the
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program. the postal service approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforcements officials and its own inexpecters last year, showing that some requests were approveed without having proper written authorization. the program is called "mail cover," to secretly monitor mail in control and national security investigations. a push is under way to get apple to replace thousands of laptops. more than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on the cupertino based company to replace their 2011mac books because they are gettive and keep crashing related to the graphic processing unit, and some say though paid $2,500 and want a new one. no official response from apple. >> if you are visiting san francisco on business today, chances you might stop in as a starbucks for a pick me up. a study report says that the coffee giant was the most often
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experienced food and beverage brand in the third quarter this year partly because of the increasing number of millennial travelers and other popular brands are subway, and mcdonald's and dunkin' donuts. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. good morning from the top of the broadcast center. total sunshine and warmer than average weather today but on thursday into friday, rain is back in the forecast and i will update the halloween forecast and if you are headed to the civic center plaza i will have that profit and the game. what will it be like? i will have that in the seven-day forecast. replacing real people with robots. will it improve our shopping
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>> it is moving slowly. >> they maintain their even mood >> >> by the end of the week it looks different. >> we are still hoping friday is the best chance of rain and transition to showers on friday evening. enjoy the sunshine and the nag is -- the flag is barely moving. specifically, kansas city, you can see the cold front is pushing through memphis, cincinnati, and headed over to cleveland, and that means it is dry on the radar out in kansas city. what is the forecast holding? not much of a change from yesterday. well start off with stars and 56 and cooling down to 50 with the winds bringing the wind chill in the mid-to-upper 40's but if you are staying at home, we are going down to the civic center plaza and 66 and sunshine, but, we are under the stars by 8:00
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and down to nearly 60 degrees by the enof the game. you can see any high clouds well up to our north and almost total sunshine today, and temperatures that are going to push near average if not above average in places like the east bay hills and the east bay valleys as we look back to mt. diablo and the south bay as we make a run at 74 degrees in san jose. that is warmer-than-average. from emeryville, all the way back to san francisco, sunny and the warmth builds through tomorrow, and still looking wet for hallen but a cooler weekend with dryer and brighter conditions and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast and 69 in san francisco, low-to-mid 70's until you get to cloverdale, fairfield, antioch, morgan hill and upper 70's. tonight is almost as cool, mid-to-upper 40's inland valley and low to minimum 50's in the unable. area of high pressure strong enough to keep the storm away from us and opening the door for our halloween storms to come on
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through so we will take a look. here we are at 11 o'clock on thursday evening, friday through 7:00 on friday only the rain is moving in for the rush and as we get toward the afternoon hours it looks like we may have a window in the timing that will be a big issue, and before showers developed later on in the evening and hang around through saturday morning and then we will transition to sunshine by saturday afternoon at the rain and snow move into the sierra and poll up to a foot at higher elevations and we could get from a quarter to three-quarters of a mile of an inch of rain here. >> how about 70 at coast tomorrow, and low 80's for the rest of us, cooler on thursday with extra clouds and rain turning to showers on friday, and low-to-mid 60, and set your clocks back on saturday night into sunday. don't forget to change the batteries. >> it will be great weather for the game whether you are here or
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chilly in kansas city. we will talk more of the game, mike, jake peavy is catch up with the giants in game six. >> peavy's sons know what will happen. when he won for the red sox last year they got duck boats for the parade. >> so we asked what his son wanted? the son took the microphone and said though picked out a trolley car like the giantsd in 2010. >> a sport girls store struck out with an ad that aired by mistake, dick's sporting goods con grab lating the kansas city royals for promoting the world series and it aired sunday night, game five, which was
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won...by the giants. the video is posted on our website. men fans have left comments on facebook abc7news.com, no comment yet from dick's on the "error," but we thank them for jinxing them. >> giants fans across the bay area have been sending adorable fan pictures. how cute is that! everyone is getting in on this. >> we have beautiful, beautiful, beautiful baby. >> and this little critter. adorable. better win! >> love it. >> to our beloved fans, we want to see how you are celebrating the giants so please, e-mail your pictures to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. thanks in advance.
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>> when is the last time you actually wanted to have a bath? it doesn't happen very often. but these dogs stepped into the role and the video has had 3.2 million views. look at that! >> they jumped right into the tub herself. >> the other needed a hand but joins in on the bath time swim. >> if only the kids were like that. >> that does it for us. thanks for joining us today. have a great day. go, giants!
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[dramatic music] ♪ >> yo! yo! yo, yo, yo! hey! i'm terry crews. welcome to millionaire, including all of you out there who watch my other show brooklyn nine-nine. [cheers and applause] our first contestant routinely warms up the teeth and the tongue with vocal exercises. he should be ready to answer lots of questions today. from glendale, new york, please welcome peter sanzone! [cheers and applause] >> pleasure to meet you. >> hi, peter. how you doing? >> doing good. >> come on over here. >> thank you. >> now, being that i have to be very vocal all the time, do you have any exercises you could show me that'll help me? >> mm, sure. i do one that involves some numbers.
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